SkIO welcomes 2025 Semester at Skidaway students
The University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography is excited to welcome 13 students participating in the 2025 Semester at Skidaway Field Study Program.
Photos: SkIO hosts new graduate students for week of experiential learning
From August 4-8, the newest cohort of graduate students from the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of Georgia’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences gathered at the UGA… Read more »
Ben Lowin awarded NASA FINESST grant for coastal carbon cycle research
Ben Lowin, a doctoral student in the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of Georgia’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and based at the UGA Skidaway Institute of… Read more »
Claire Zwiers Cook named inaugural Pomeroy Memorial Graduate Fund award winner
Claire Zwiers Cook, a doctoral student in the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of Georgia’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and based at the UGA Skidaway Institute… Read more »
Longstanding partnership brings Savannah State REU students to SkIO for 17th year
For undergraduate students interested in research, gaining hands-on experience and building a professional network are two essential components of success. For more than 15 years, faculty members at the UGA… Read more »
Study shows how ocean structure influences zooplankton populations
The ocean’s structure, how it is layered and mixed, has a significant influence on life beneath the surface. A new study led by University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography… Read more »
From Sailing to Skidaway
Childhood ocean adventures drive UGA student’s marine science research. Grace Mann sat in her principal’s office at Salem High School in Virginia and told her principal something he surely had… Read more »
Science on Skidaway: The History and Early Days of the Skidaway Institute
In an interview-style conversation during Evening at Skidaway on June 24, 2025, Dr. Herb Windom, the UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography’s first faculty member, former director and current emeritus professor,… Read more »
R/V Savannah outfitted with real-time ocean sampling flow-through system
This spring, the Research Vessel Savannah was outfitted with a new flow-through system featuring more than a dozen instruments that continuously measure key biogeochemical parameters on the ocean’s surface as… Read more »
Alexander Lab helps Tybee monitor erosion, inform beach nourishment plans
Every six or seven years, sand is pumped onto Tybee Island’s beaches to counteract natural erosion caused by waves, tides, wind and human activity. Since the last nourishment was completed… Read more »